How did your Red Worms arrive? I live in Las vegas, nv and am afraid if i am not home on my delivery date, the worm will die due to the Extreme Heat.
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My worms arrived in a small box with some slightly moist bedding. Having lived in Vegas, I understand your concerns. They should be okay for a few hours, just be sure to get them into fresh, moist bedding in a cool location right away.
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Worms need bedding (newspapers, cardboard, coconut coir, peat moss, ect) for the majority of their habitat. Kitchen scraps exclusively would be too hot. I live in TX and my worms do fine in the heat, just keep them moist (wrung out sponge).
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As I remember about a day. I really like mine. I don't have any flying or crawling insect. I think I it was a few hours before I saw a beetle-looking insect crawl out of my closet. I put one in there because I didn't want moths eating my wool sweaters I think it deters rodents too. Missie
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It's best to catch it early, but I ran out once and since they take a long time to arrive, my new order hadn't come in. I was on day three of a nasty sore when I remembered that I had squirreled a pack away in my travel bag. It still definitely helped.
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We live in Las Vegas and gave it about half sun for the day and they still baked and died quickly :-( I would say lots of water and less sun, maybe yours will survive better than ours.
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I purchased my roaches from Red Earth Worms.( 100 Mixed Size Dubia Roaches ) In my opinion, ANY roach would feel special the way this firm ships them. Mine were in a special box, inside styrafoam packing, with screened ventilation holes and arrived in excellent shape. I live in southern oklahoma and the temperature here is hot as hell, and these bugs arrived very healthy and full of pep. I would say they would have lasted for at least 1 week in the container, but they ship 2 to 3 day so time is not an issue. Go ahead, buy them, you will not regret it. I am raising mine and feeding my lizards mainly superworms until I develop a nice size colony and they are just doing gr8! I purchased my roaches from Red Earth Worms.( 100 Mixed Size Dubia Roaches ) In my opinion, ANY roach would feel special the way this firm ships them. Mine were in a special box, inside styrafoam packing, with screened ventilation holes and arrived in excellent shape. I live in southern oklahoma and the temperature here is hot as hell, and these bugs arrived very healthy and full of pep. I would say they would have lasted for at least 1 week in the container, but they ship 2 to 3 day so time is not an issue. Go ahead, buy them, you... » Read More I purchased my roaches from Red Earth Worms.( 100 Mixed Size Dubia Roaches ) In my opinion, ANY roach would feel special the way this firm ships them. Mine were in a special box, inside styrafoam packing, with screened ventilation holes and arrived in excellent shape. I live in southern oklahoma and the temperature here is hot as hell, and these bugs arrived very healthy and full of pep. I would say they would have lasted for at least 1 week in the container, but they ship 2 to 3 day so time is not an issue. Go ahead, buy them, you will not regret it. I am raising mine and feeding my lizards mainly superworms until I develop a nice size colony and they are just doing gr8! « Show Less
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As I remember about a day.I really like mine. I don't have any flying or crawling insect. I think I it was a few hours before I saw a beetle-looking insect crawl out of my closet. I put one in there because I didn't want moths eating my wool sweatersI think it deters rodents too.Missie
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In the great N.W., we don't have a 'bag-worm' problem, however, the pamphlet that comes with the product will answer your question. The name of this product was given me by a 'pest-control' person, who uses it on just about everything. Our problems here are quite heavy and I found that it is the answer to just about any and all infestations here. If this helps, good. Our biggest problem here are carpenter ants. NOT ANY MORE.
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The worms are shipped in a canvas bag with newspaper inside. The bag is inside a regular cardboard shipping container with holes punched in the sides. Not a dead worm in the bunch when I received them. I have purchased from this company many times and the service and quality are very consistent. The last batch I received more than six weeks ago and I still have some left. I feed them ground oatmeal and coarse cornmeal and keep them in a bed of shredded paper in a small plastic tub.to keep them fresh.
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Mrs. Julie I live in NC, can I still order directly from y'all and can y'all still have it delivered to me, so I know someone else won't damage it?
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Can't speak for your heat in NV but we have had some hot weather here. I got my casing and had no heat related problem. The casing are in a brine (liquid) and don't believe they will suffer from the heat.The casing are very good, worth a try. Good luck
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Yes, according to what I've read, the worms lay eggs and reproduce in the environment. We only set this up a few weeks ago so I can't speak from experience, but it's what I've heard.
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That is not normal. It might be that there was to much moisture in the environment and that a fly got into the package. That food should be thrown away.
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I believe so, I found that in the Michigan winter, the worms went deeper into my compost pile. They are alive & eating well this summer after a long cold winter & the top being blown off the composter for most of the winter! Buy in the summer & they will multiply within 60 days!
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I had treated the yard with other insecticides before the nematodes arrived also, so I called the company and asked them. They said wait at least 30 days. You can keep the nematodes in the refrigerator for up to 14 days, and with my luck, the 30 days coincided with the 14th day I had to store them. I can say that I did this last summer, when the fleas were absolutely horrible (the worst I've ever seen) and hoped they'd establish a good colony for this summer, and apparently they did. I might have picked one or two fleas off my bulldog all summer, haven't had a single flea jump on me at all, so I haven't retreated yet. They should have had an abundance of larvae to feed off of all winter long, so I'm hoping that with the lack of fleas this year, and without retreating, that the ones that have worked so well for me don't migrate to a better food source this winter! I think I'll wait now and retreat after the last frost in the spring.
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Idk. Save your money. Invest in a composting site and worms. It will work better last longer.
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I think the typical "cool dry place" out of the sun would be best. I would apply them as soon as possible to avoid them going bad. I don't know that cold will affect them. "it is likely that extremes of cold, drying or high summer temperatures would kill off nematodes..." Avoid extremes. How to apply? That was annoying and messy. If I recall, it said to mix the stuff with some water and soil, then spread after the sun has gone down. That would give the nematodes time to dig info the soil before the suns comes back up. The directions were on the container. The real question is - did it work? I'd have to say yes. We've had grubs outside our yard and found the occasional grub in the yard. Significantly less of an issue than before. I'd like to think they worked. Without some sort of test, there's no real telling. A lack of grubs, no an elimination of grubs is good enough for me. Another thing we did was buy fishing worms and applied them to the soil. Here in Arizona, the worms are, pathetic. Since then, we've had worms in our yard and they've been healthier looking than the scraggly things that we used to find. Terrible soil here in Arizona.